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Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

Scottie Pippen. He reminds more of a Scottie lite than Granger does. Granger is a stud All Star type of player no doubt, but Paul has the potential to be a better defender, better at getting to the rim, a better passer, a better 3 shooter, a better dribbler, better at posting his man up, and a better rebounder. So obviously if PG ever out did Granger in those areas dude would be a stud super-star. But by doing that he would be much more like Pippen than Granger.

Pippen is broke. If I were Bird I would be throwing money at him left and right to get him to come in and mentor both George and Granger, because Scottie is Granger's idol from childhood, and they both play such a similar all around game to Scottie, though not at near his level yet. Imagine if he worked with both of them and helped them both be closer to Scottie 2.0, instead of Scottie lite. We could become unstoppable with two Pippen molds.

Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

My expectations must be far lower than everyone else because my initial thought was Trevor Ariza.

They seem very similar to me.

Your expectations ARE very low. It's not a stretch (though, early in the season) to say that PG is better than Ariza already. I see the similarities though, body type and Ariza is a very solid defender. But George appears to have a much better shooting stroke and more athleticism.

Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

And we had an abundance of people here crying foul when the whole Rudy for Granger talk heated up last year.

How that is even a question is beyond me. Rudy Gay has elite level talent. Damn he would look good in the Blue & Gold.

No offense, but Granger has showed he has elite level talent more times than Rudy Gay ever has. The grass is always greener...Rudy is on a steady decline statistically, but his team is getting better so that is a good thing. He just never struck me as a better player than Granger. There isn't one statistic out there that says he is better than Granger. Well maybe through 11 games this year on offense, but Danny is a stud defensively right now. When Danny warms up we will start winning more games like a top 5 team should, in dominant fashion.

Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

He reminds me a bit of T-mac, similar demeanor's. Can't see any Kobe or MJ in him though.

T-Mac was averaging nearly 27ppg at the same age. He did enter the league a couple years earlier though. I would like to see it happen and I like PG24 a lot, but he's not showing it IMO. Granger was supposed to be the second coming of Scottie Pippen and he isn't close to that. My expectations for Paul are slowly dropping. They remain high, but talk of the next T-Mac is beginning to look unrealistic. Give him a year though. If he's not showing consistent greatness by this time next year, I'd have to say I will be a doubter. Still, he'll be a good NBA basketball player but one of the best players in the league? Not sure about that.

Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

No offense, but Granger has showed he has elite level talent more times than Rudy Gay ever has. The grass is always greener...Rudy is on a steady decline statistically, but his team is getting better so that is a good thing. He just never struck me as a better player than Granger. There isn't one statistic out there that says he is better than Granger. Well maybe through 11 games this year on offense, but Danny is a stud defensively right now. When Danny warms up we will start winning more games like a top 5 team should, in dominant fashion.

I don't take offense that you're wrong. No worries

I don't want to sound condescending, which means to talk down to you by the way

Re: Which Vet should Paul George study?

I went and looked into Gay a little more and he is a solid player. He is shooting scary bad from three this year and his PPG are down, just like Danny. If anything I would say they are about in the same league offensively. I have seen Gay light us up over and over so I'm not going to trash him that much. I just think Granger is the better all around player.